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The People’s Republic of Benin is the former Republic of Dahomey. Dahomey was a powerful, well-organized state from the 17th century, trading extensively in slaves through the port of Whydah with the Portuguese, British and French. On the coast an educated African elite was established in the 19th century.
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Bay, E., Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey. University Press of Virginia, 1998.
Eades, Jerry S. and Allen, Christopher, Benin. [Bibliography] ABC-Clio, Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1996
National Statistical Office: Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique, Ol BP 323, Cotonou.
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Turner, B. (2007). Benin. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2008. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74024-6_128
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